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← BLACK RIVER INDUSTRIES INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BLACK RIVER INDUSTRIES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,171,802
Total expenses
$4,902,337
Contributions and grants received
$2,564,264
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,588,398
Investment income
$23,770
Other revenue
-$4,630
Total assets, end of year
$4,352,632
Total liabilities, end of year
$442,341
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,910,291
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,758,736
Management and general expenses
$143,601
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,758,736

Program services were 97.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $15,000

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $15,657

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,475,953

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $57,654

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Product Assembly

    total $2,588,398 · related or exempt $2,588,398 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $23,770 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $23,770

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $5,400

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $15,657

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $10,030

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$4,630 · unrelated business $0 · excluded -$4,630

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,033,001 · program services $1,931,350 · management and general $101,651

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $66,563 · program services $61,904 · management and general $4,659

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $113,014 · program services $107,364 · management and general $5,650

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $217,021 · program services $210,510 · management and general $6,511

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $29,107 · program services $28,817 · management and general $290

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $64,551 · program services $63,260 · management and general $1,291

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $8,249 · program services $7,920 · management and general $329

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $89,082 · program services $85,518 · management and general $3,564

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,443 · program services $6,443

  • 20 · Interest

    total $242 · program services $242

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $203,041 · program services $194,919 · management and general $8,122

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $217,338 · program services $206,471 · management and general $10,867

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $66,559 · program services $65,892 · management and general $667

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program Transportation

    total $132,737 · program services $132,737 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Program Supplies

    total $1,638,203 · program services $1,638,203 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Dues & Subscriptions

    total $17,186 · program services $17,186 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $672,437 · end of year $637,014

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,198,069 · end of year $1,099,400

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $631,008 · end of year $815,759

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $76,000 · end of year $76,000

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $390,777 · end of year $552,078

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $63,436 · end of year $30,731

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $3,106,041

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,964,391

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,177,780 · end of year $1,141,650

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $535,951 · end of year $409,611

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $32,730 · end of year $32,730

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,640,826 · end of year $3,910,291

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

In partnership with the community, to provide people with disabilities opportunities to achieve the highest level of independence. Catholic Charities Bureau Affiliates are organized to maintain, operate and conduct; directly or indirectly; as well as to assist and coordinate activities and Social Services in accordance with the charitable Works and traditions of the Roman Catholic Church. Works are carried out in accordance with Catholic Social teachings.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Black River Industries (BRI) provides vocational and residential training and support services, supported employment, as well as day services/community integration program, to people with disabilities, the elderly, and those with chronic mental illness. BRI provides the largest countywide public transportation system in Taylor County to individuals with disabilities and senior citizens.

  • Black River Industries served 170 individuals in a variety of programs in 2024. We provided services in Taylor, Price, and Clark County. Our programs consist of Vocational Services, Day Services/Community Integration, Residential, Supported Employment, Supervised Visits, Parent Education, and Transportation. We had 96 individuals utilize our transportation for work services or community needs. We worked with 37 individuals for supported employment regarding job development and placement, job coaching, resume building, and ongoing support. BRI provided 35 individuals services in our Day Services/Community Integration program. This program provides meaningful experiences to enhance your quality of life. These are activities that take place both at BRI and in the community. This also includes our summer youth program that was provided in the summer for ages 14-21-year-olds. We provided services for 83 individuals in our residential program. These services promote independence and safe living skills. We provided 9 individuals for supervised visitation. In the year 2024, BRI employed 114 employees.

    Expenses $2,694,539 · Revenue $2,323,592

  • Work services create opportunities for the people we serve and our staff to work together learning new skills and producing quality products for our communities. BRI contracted with ten local factories and three state of Wisconsin departments to employ 48 people with disabilities and 29 community staff in assembly, packaging, collating, commercial sewing, dry goods packaging, and confidential document shredding jobs. BRI also contracts to maintain five rest areas in Taylor and Rusk counties employing 6 people during the summer months. Another crew of 4 people operate BRI's commercial and residential lawn services. And an additional crew of 4 people maintain the two National Guard Armory locations. BRI is committed to providing an array of skill building jobs that encourage people with disabilities and community staff to excel.

    Expenses $2,047,369 · Revenue $2,609,281

  • Food Services provides a commercial kitchen experience for individuals with disabilities in preparation for community employment. We prepare nutritional meals under contract with the Taylor County Commission on Aging at two Senior Centers in the county, as well as for members of BRI. In 2024 we prepared approximately 8,500 meals to over 500 seniors. This number includes catered meals for the 2024 annual Senior Health and Wellness Fair. We also provided approximately 11,500 hot lunches to clients and staff; and approximately 200 catered meals to local businesses and civic organizations.

    Expenses $11,601 · Revenue $40,961

  • Transportation services are key to providing quality of life for people with disabilities in rural Wisconsin. BRI has provided door to door transportation to adults with disabilities since 1973 with expansion to senior citizens in 1980 and children in 1990. The BRI fleet of eleven buses and one newly added accessible van, logged 125,900 miles in 2024 transporting approximately 400 unduplicated riders to medical appointments, grocery stores, community events, pharmacies and other essential places. BRI's fleet of buses are purchased with grant funds from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation competitive Section 5310 Grant Program. BRI also utilizes 18 passenger vehicles for in home services, one on one transportation, and meals on wheels delivery. This year, BRI delivered over 16,000 meals to homes and congregate sites this year.

    Expenses $5,227 · Revenue $37,499

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • John Marshall

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Osen

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adam Rodman

    Secretary/Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michele Armbrust

    Board Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tracy Hraby

    Board Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Holmes

    Board Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patricia Krug

    Board Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Renee Rendahl

    Board Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
28 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202531489349300838

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